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Re: MX-19.3 now available!

Subject Re: MX-19.3 now available!
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mepis
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From Paul Babiak <noway@uwish.com>
Message-ID <EbfwH.7021$xQ7.6250@fx28.iad> (permalink)
Date 2020-11-27 17:36 -0500

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On 11/27/2020 01:14 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
> Paul Babiak wrote:
>> I had a look around in synaptic for any remnants of systemd, and I found that 
>> systemd-shim was still installed. I removed it - so far no issues.....
> 
> I don't think that is very wise.
> 
> Here's what MX has to say about the shim (in a couple of different places):
> 
>> For MX-19 the systemd from Debian Stable (Buster) has been patched to restore 
>> the systemd-shim that had been removed and to solve associated issues. 
> 
>> SvsVinit remains the default init yet MX Linux can use crucial Debian packages 
>> that have systemd dependencies such as CUPS and Network Manager. 
> 
> 
> 
Thanks for your concern. It's my experimental box - so if it breaks, no problem. 
In this case, systemd itself has been removed from MX19.3, and a systemd-free 
antiX kernel installed.
Anyway, if something stops working, I'll try putting systemd-shim back. Or doing 
a fresh installation even. It's just for fun right now.

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MX-19.3 now available! Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2020-11-15 05:26 -0800
  Re: MX-19.3 now available! Paul Babiak <noway@uwish.com> - 2020-11-23 10:37 -0500
    Re: MX-19.3 now available! Jimmy Johnson <jimmy@none.none> - 2020-11-23 22:09 -0800
      Re: MX-19.3 now available! Paul Babiak <noway@uwish.com> - 2020-11-26 22:46 -0500
        Re: MX-19.3 now available! Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2020-11-27 10:14 -0800
          Re: MX-19.3 now available! Paul Babiak <noway@uwish.com> - 2020-11-27 17:36 -0500
            Re: MX-19.3 now available! Jimmy Johnson <jimmy@none.none> - 2020-12-06 22:05 -0800
              Re: MX-19.3 now available! Paul Babiak <noway@uwish.com> - 2020-12-13 16:43 -0500
                Re: MX-19.3 now available! Jimmy Johnson <jimmy@none.none> - 2020-12-16 09:12 -0800

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